Posted in Leftover Salmon, tagged Art, art that feeds, artwork, boulder, Boulder Theater, concert, concert poster, conscious alliance, food drive, leftover samlon, Music, music art, robert marx, Thanksgiving on October 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Leftover Salmon is pleased to announce that they’ll be teaming up with Conscious Alliance at the Boulder Theater on 11/23 & 11/24 to host an ‘Art That Feeds’ Food Drive. Bring 20 non-perishable food items & receive a FREE screen-print poster by Robert Marx. More info here:http://bit.ly/WMIRtz
See more of Robert’s artwork at: www.marxmarx.com
Posted in Asheville, Dreamspider, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, tagged artwork, Asheville, Bela Fleck, Casey Driessen, Character Farm, Character Farm & Other Short Stories, Cody Wright, comic book, Daniel Judson, documentary, dreamspider, Duane Simpson, Erin Scholze, Film, fusion, Gregory Keyzer, jazz, Jeff Coffin, jonathan Scales, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Kofi Burbridge, Long Form, Luminescence LLC, Merrimon Ave, Muddy Vishnu, music video, Musicians, Musicians Workshop, NC, Phill Bronson, pictures, publicity, rock, steel drums, Steel Pan, stories, Video, Yonrico Scott on August 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Jonathan Scales has been called a “…rising star of the steel drums…” by Traps Magazine and “The Real Deal” by Pan on the Net and as having “A Thelonius Monk-like attitude with a Mozart creativity that works.” Premier Steel Pan magazine, When Steel Talks states , “At the end of the day, Scales is going to be a major play in rewriting the books on steelpan music outside of the box.”
In this episode of Lingua Musica, Jonathan Scales discusses how he came about his style of Steel Pan. Also hear more about his new album, Character Farm & Other Short Stories, which is a 45-minute dive deeper into the compositionally-twisted work. There are nine original instrumental “stories” on the album which transport listeners from the primal Jam We Did to the lush Hallucinations of the Dream Chasers. The title track Character Farm brings the audience into a chilled, ‘worldly’ ride after the frantically emotional The Longest December. Guest appearance on the record include Jeff Coffin (of Dave Matthews Band / Bela Fleck & the Flecktones), Yonrico Scott and Kofi Burbridge (of Derek Trucks Band fame) and the dazzling work of fiddle virtuoso Casey Driessen. Also, you will meet the cast of Characters that make up the Fourchestra: classically trained composer turned steel pan maestro and front man of the Fourchestra, Jonathan Scales, is heavily influenced by the complexity of banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck to the hustle of Jay-Z. Gritty blues guitarist, Duane Simpson, and fusion-chops bassist, Cody Wright, provide the harmonic support for Scales’ sound; while jazz/hip-hop drummer, Phill Bronson, drives the time-shifting, modern grooves.
Scales, along with fimmaker Daniel Judson, produced an insightful Music Video for the song Muddy Vishnu; snippets of the music video are shown in the interview. Watching Muddy Vishnu is “almost like a Being John Malkovich set inside Scales’ own world of found rhythms, visions, colors, friends, inspirations and rare silence,” writes Asheville’s Mountain Xpress.
Character Farm, along with a glossy 19 x 13 poster depicting the custom designed comic book graphics illustrating each song are available at www.jonscales.com.
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Artwork by Gregory Keyzer
I am excited to announce Asheville’s Steel-Pannist Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is touring around their CD release with a stops in Pensacola; New Orleans; Austin; Starksville, MS; Atlanta; and Hot Springs, NC! The new album is called “Character Farm & Other Short Stories” and features guest appearances by Jeff Coffin (of Dave Matthews Band/Bela Fleck & the Flecktones), Yonrico Scott & Kofi Burbridge (of Derek Trucks Band), and fiddle virtuoso Casey Driessen.
Scales’ created a wonderful Music Video for the song “Muddy Vishnu” from the album, which is posted below. The album is also available to purchase on www.jonscales.com along with fun new merch including a glossy 19 x 13 poster depicting above with the custom designed comic book graphics illustrating each song with artwork by Gregory Keyzer.
Friday, April 22
Vinyl Music Hall
Opening for Soul Rebels Brass Band and Honey Island Swamp Band
Pensacola, FL
Saturday, April 23rd
12 Bar
New Orleans, LA
Sunday and Monday, April 24th & 25th
McCallum Theater (at McCallum High School)
Austin, TX
Tuesday, April 26th
Dave’s Dark Horse Tavern
Starkville, MS
Thursday, April 28
The Five Spot
w/ Jonathan Lloyd’s Rocksteady Review opening the show
Atlanta, GA
Saturday, April 30
French Broad River Festival
Hot Springs, NC
Posted in Asheville, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, tagged album artwork, album release, artwork, Asheville, Bela Fleck, Casey Driessen, CD release, Character Farm, Character Farm & Other Short Stories, Cody Wright, comic book, comic book graphics, composer, concert, Duane Simpson, Emerald Lounge, entertainment, Fourchestra, Gregory Keyzer, Hallucinations of the Dream Chasers, illustrations, Jaco Pastorius, Jay-Z, Jeff Coffin, jonathan Scales, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Kofi Burbridge, Modern Drummer, Muddy Vishnu, music video, musical saga, NC, new cd, new video, One-Track Mind, Othello Molineaux, Phill Bronson, Plot/Scheme, Scales, steel drums, Steel Pan, steelpan, The Longest December, Trinidad & Tobago, Yonrico Scott on March 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The steel pan, an amazing musical discovery born in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago, is often times associated with sandy beaches, tropical climates, and cruise ships: that’s not exactly what you get at a show by the jazz-fusion quartet, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. Modern Drummer Magazine recognizes, “… Jonathan Scales makes the pans fit in unconventional musical spaces…” and Jazz Times goes on to state that Scales’ brings forth a “new vitality to the traditional Caribbean instrument… picking up where Othello Molineaux left off 20 years ago with Jaco Pastorius.”
Here you have a classically trained composer turned steel pan maestro and front man of the Fourchestra, Jonathan Scales, heavily influenced by the complexity of banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck to the hustle of Jay-Z. Gritty blues guitarist, Duane Simpson, and fusion-chops bassist, Cody Wright, provide the harmonic support for Scales’ sound, while jazz/hip-hop drummer, Phill Bronson, drives the time-shifting, modern grooves. The cast of Characters hold this mind-bending concoction together with jazz edge and classical sensibility.
The 3rd installment in the Jonathan Scales’ musical saga, Character Farm & Other Short Stories, is a 45-minute dive deeper into the compositionally-twisted work of steel pannist Jonathan Scales. The nine original instrumental “stories” on the album take listeners from the primal Jam We Did to the lush Hallucinations of the Dream Chasers. The title track Character Farm takes the audience into a chilled, ‘worldly’ ride after the frantically emotional The Longest December. Guest appearance on the record include Jeff Coffin (of Dave Matthews Band / Bela Fleck & the Flecktones), Yonrico Scott and Kofi Burbridge (of Derek Trucks Band fame) and the dazzling work of fiddle virtuoso Casey Driessen.
Jonathan Scales has also been busy creating a NEW Music Video for the song Muddy Vishnu from the album shown above. The album is available for pre-sale through the brand new website www.jonscales.com in a variety of options through April 1st. Scales’ also got a lot of fun new merch including a glossy 19 x 13 poster depicting the custom designed comic book graphics illustrating each song with artwork by Gregory Keyzer.
19x13 poster. Full artwork for "Character Farm & Other Short Stories". Illustrations by Gregory Keyzer.
Steel pannist and virtuoso composer, Jonathan Scales, formed his ‘Fourchestra’ in 2007 as a means to deliver his musically complex, but somehow accessible ideas to anyone willing to listen. Since then, Scales has released two well received, full-length works, 2007’s One-Track Mind and 2008’s Plot/Scheme which features the likes of Jeff Coffin (of Dave Matthews Band), Joseph Wooten (of Steve Miller Band), and Jeff Sipe (of Aquarium Rescue Unit). 2011 will usher in Character Farm & Other Short Stories. Scales’ versatility and innovative nature have allowed him to share the stage with acts like The Wooten Brothers Band, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, The Duhks, Everyone Orchestra, Toubab Krewe, Ben Sollee, Casey Dreissen, and Futureman.
Scales has been called a “…rising star of the steel drums…” by Traps Magazine, while Pan on the Net refers to him as “the Real Deal” and having “A Thelonius Monk-like attitude with a Mozart creativity that works.” When Steel Talks sums it up with, “At the end of the day, Scales is going to be a major play in rewriting the books on steelpan music outside of the box.”
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